October 2011
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Windy Hill Fashion Show
Windy Hill Fashion Show
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The National Sporting Museum Opening Gala
On a beautiful October evening, over 400 distinguished and elegantly dressed guests gathered to help The National Sporting Library officially open their new Spo…
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The Blackburn Murder: Part Four: The Invitation
This is the story of the 1854 murder of VMI Cadet Tom Blackburn, the trials that followed, and the impact of those events on young men and women who would all t…
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Philomont Girl's Death Inspires Gift of Smiles
On August 9th, five-year-old Sadie Grace Ablard died from a head injury sustained at a birthday party. Her mother, Sara Ablard of Philomont, is attempting to tu…
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No Ice at All? Waterworld
What if there was no naturally occurring ice on earth? What if the Greenland and Antarctica ice caps completely melted? What if the Arctic Ocean was ice free? W…
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Middleburg Women Crowned USTA League National Champions
The women's team from Middleburg, Va. representing the USTA Mid-Atlantic Section, captured the national title at the USTA League 4.0 Senior National Championshi…
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Middleburg Classic Horse Show
Middleburg Classic Horse Show
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Middleburg Academy offers on-campus college-level courses
When 2008 graduate Matthew Minnicino of Leesburg first packed his belongings for college, he remembered to take sheets and towels, his dorm fridge, and the seve…
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Loudoun Laurels Honors Two Extraordinary Citizens
Continuing its mission to elevate and recognize outstanding individuals whose service to Loudoun County deserves emulation and special recognition, The Loudoun…
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Loudoun Laurels
Loudoun Laurels
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Historic Coaching Drive Evokes Gilded Age
A feast for the eyes, the ears--and even flesh if you count the cooperative sunny, clear weather--best describes the parade of historic coaches at the Uppervill…
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Historic Coaching Drive
Historic Coaching Drive
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Harvestmen
Fall is the height of spider season and an early morning walk will find each tell-tale web, heavy with night's dew. Not all spiders make webs, a few are ground…
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Fabulous Garden Club of America Flower Show
The Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club recently hosted the Garden Club of America's Zone VII Flower Show and, without reservation, it vastly exceeded the club's m…
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Duchess's Fabulous Fashion Show for The Canon Ball Classic at Creighton Farms
Duchess's Fabulous Fashion Show for The Canon Ball Classic at Creighton Farms
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Dedicated Citizens Win Fight to Preserve 8,000 Acres of Historic Unison Battlefield Countryside
Eleven years ago when Mayo Brown asked Paul and Avis Hodge for help in saving the Unison Store from developers, neither he nor the Hodges, nor the many individu…
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Christmas in Middleburg
Christmas in Middleburg begins officially this year on Friday, December 2, with carols and a tree lighting ceremony. Saturday's Christmas Festival continues to…
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Cherry Blossom Walk
Cherry Blossom Walk
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Cherry Blossom Raises $106,700
Saving the lives of Loudoun and Fauquier women motivated more than 900 people and organizations to commit $106,700 to the Cherry Blossom Breast Cancer Foundatio…
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Calling All Animal Lovers & Bargain Hunters
We all have heard the horror stories. Starving horses; Greyhounds dumped like trash after they can no longer run; dogs on chains in the sun without food or wate…